Ever since the
commentary “Another Spirit or the
Holy Spirit?”
http://www.understandthetimes.org/commentary/c106_anotherspirit.shtml
was published,
a number of Calvary Chapel pastors have
contacted us and asked to be removed from
the Understand the Times mailing list. While
none of them gave any specific reasons, we
can only assume it was because they did not
agree with the facts we presented in that
article about Lonnie Frisbee and his
connection with the Jesus Movement and the
beginning of Calvary Chapel.

At the end of that
commentary, we documented how Skip Heitzig hosts the Riptide
documentary, which shows how Lonnie Frisbee played the role of a
catalyst for the “first” Jesus Movement. Riptide also showed Skip
interviewing some of the pastors who were calling for “Another Jesus
movement” or as a promo-cut of Riptide called it “Another Wave.”
We inferred that this Second Jesus movement could be the same as the
Roman Catholic “Another Jesus” movement that is promoted by Roman
Catholic Charismatics, and promoted by another spirit for the sake of
another gospel.

A few days after
publishing our commentary, I spoke with a former Calvary Chapel pastor
(who still has connections with Calvary Chapel) who told me, “you are
confusing the sheep” by bringing up these issues that focused around
Lonnie Frisbee. When I explained that I was only presenting facts, he
said it would be better to keep quiet about the facts and just let the
past be the past. When I explained that bad roots eventually produce bad
fruit and that it would be important to clear the record before it is
too late, this pastor said he was more concerned about apostasy that was
taking place now in the Calvary Chapel movement than he was about the
apostasy that was taking place at the beginning of Calvary Chapel.

Now, as you may
understand, I am somewhat bewildered by what this pastor told me. If I
am confusing the sheep by presenting facts that show that the spirit
Lonnie was promoting was not the Holy Spirit, why should this be covered
up? Was it really “a precious move of the Holy Spirit” as so many say?
Or was something else going on that has been covered up in order to
rewrite Church history from man’s perspective rather than explaining
exactly what was going on?

To say that the issue
of Lonnie Frisbee shouldn’t be brought up today because it is a thing of
the past could be very erroneous thinking. Is Lonnie Frisbee’s name and
past role being used to bring about this second “Jesus Movement” or
“another wave”? Are the “movers” of this new “Holy Spirit Movement”
going to be turning to the same spirit that Frisbee turned to? And once
again we ask, which spirit did he turn to? These seem like fair and
vital questions to ask.

Our only purpose here
is to find out the truth.

Several people asked to
be removed from our mailing list because they say that it appears
“Understand The Times must be bitter and twisted towards Calvary Chapel.
This is simply not the case. We are concerned about those who are in
Calvary Chapel who are following men and not Jesus. If you read the
Bible, you will find this has been a problem throughout history. Satan’s
favorite strategy is to convince sheep they are following a shepherd
when the shepherd they are following is a man and not Jesus.

We are grieved by the
number of people who still will not think for themselves. For those who
want to know the truth, please watch and listen to witnesses who were
there during the days of Lonnie Frisbee and to Lonnie himself when he
talks about who he was and what he believed.

Please do not be upset
with us. We are merely trying to be obedient to God’s Word and to find
out the truth, that His name might be glorified and His church edified
and protected. According to the Bible, the truth will set you free.